Diseño e implementación de la fase inicial del laboratorio de densidad de pesas del Instituto Nacional de Metrología (INM)

Abstract

The mass laboratory of the National Institute of Metrology (INM) currently has six Measurement and Calibration Capabilities - CMC, for the calibration of mass standards, published in the Key Comparison Data Base - KCDB of the International Office of Weights and Measurements - BIPM. As part of the process to support the uncertainty reported in these CMCs, the need to determine more accurately and with the least possible uncertainty, the density / volume of the mass standards class E1 and E2 calibrated in the INM, given that the values ​​reported by the manufacturer may cause an increase in uncertainty greater than the laboratory's CMCs, affecting the quality of the results that are delivered to INM clients. The mass laboratory recognizes these deficiencies and in order to make up for them decides to carry out a research project around a method for determining the density of weights with the least possible uncertainty. In order to incorporate a person who could dedicate full time to the project, the institute decides to establish an agreement with the Francisco José de Caldas district university specifically with the degree in physics curricular project, to carry out an internship in research called "Design and implementation of the initial phase of the weight density laboratory of the National Metrology Institute (INM) "